First Week In The Jungle For Volunteers

Volunteers headed to Belize on Saturday 2nd February to begin their gap year with Trekforce Worldwide.



The 25 volunteers are currently completing a week of Jungle Training where they have all been assigned a Trekforce Buddy. Their buddy, a fellow volunteer will make sure that their partner is drinking enough water and looking after themselves. They will also have the very special job of checking each other for bites and ticks!

The Trekforce buddy system works well on all of our expeditions whether for 2 weeks or 5 months and reinforces the high levels of safety we strive for. All trekkers can experience life in the jungle safe in the knowledge that they don’t only have expert leaders and medics on hand 24 hours a day but they also have their own personal support from a fellow volunteer.

The group are also spending the next few days in the rainforest learning how to survive in the jungle. This includes lighting fires, navigation, cooking, health and hygiene and first aid. All transferable skills the volunteers can bring back with them to the UK.

As the group are currently out of comms, Trekforce HQ has not received any images yet but we will get them up onto the blog as soon as we get them. In the mean time if you want to send any letters or parcels for them to receive when they get onto project you can send them to *insert volunteers name* Trekforce, PO Box 266, San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize, CA . Please be aware that it will take a while to get post in and out of Belize and you could be waiting at least 2 weeks for parcels and letters to arrive.

Watch this space for more information over the next few weeks.

Trekforce HQ.